📖 Biblical Definition
The head is the chief body part — and in Scripture, the figure of authority, source, and leadership. "Christ is the head of the church" (Ephesians 5:23); "the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church" (Ephesians 5:23; cf. 1 Corinthians 11:3); "the head of Christ is God" (1 Corinthians 11:3). The headship order is therefore traceable from God through Christ through husband to wife — not a flat egalitarian arrangement but an ordered hierarchy of love and submission. Christ’s own head bore the crown of thorns at the cross (Matthew 27:29), reigns now in glory ("on his head were many crowns", Revelation 19:12), and is the source of life to every Christian (Colossians 2:19).
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
HEAD, n.
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1. The uppermost part of the human body, containing the brain, the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 2. The chief or principal person of a community, society, sect, or other body. 3. The first or leading member.
📖 Key Scripture
Ephesians 5:23 — "The husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church."
Colossians 1:18 — "He is the head of the body, the church... that in all things he might have the preeminence."
1 Corinthians 11:3 — "The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
Psalm 23:5 — "Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern egalitarianism erases the headship Scripture establishes; the structure is everywhere, top to bottom.
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1 Corinthians 11:3 is the most precise New Testament text on headship: the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. The structure is unmistakable. The Father is the head of the Son in voluntary submission within perfect equality of essence; the Son is the head of every man; the man is the head of the wife. The pattern reflects the Trinity itself.
Modern egalitarianism rejects all of this and reads it as cultural fossil. The text refuses the dismissal. Headship is not domination; it is loving authority that imitates Christ's pattern of laying down His life for the church. Husbands who weaponize headship are repudiating it; wives who reject it under the banner of feminism are repudiating it differently. Both must repent. Christ is the head; the wife is honored; the home is at peace.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew rosh (H7218); Greek kephale (G2776).
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H7218 — rosh — head, top, chief
G2776 — kephale — head; metaphorically, source or authority
Usage
"Headship is not domination; it is loving authority modeled on Christ's laying down His life."
"Modern egalitarianism reads headship as fossil; the text is structural and binding."
"Husbands who weaponize headship and wives who reject it are both repudiating the same gospel."